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Vespula Vidua
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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91 x 112cm, Edition of 100, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 100
Year: 2011
Size: H 91cm x W 112cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: July 2022

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Location
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July 2022
Christie's New York
United States
£9,978
£11,739
£14,674
February 2018
Christie's New York
United States
November 2016
Christie's New York
United States
October 2014
Christie's New York
United States
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Damien Hirst's Vespula Vidua, a signed screenprint from 2011, is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £13,500. This artwork has sold 4 times at auction since its initial sale on 24th October 2014. There has been no recent sales activity in the last 12 months, and the average annual growth rate is 1%. Over the past five years, the hammer price has remained consistent. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Meaning & Analysis

The Spots paintings have become iconic to Hirst’s name. There are over 1000 of the paintings in existence, dating from 1988 to 2011, where Hirst has produced an average of 60 Spots paintings a year. There are many more editioned prints like this one that depict the rows of coloured spots. The grid formula for these paintings is the basis for an endless series where Hirst can infinitely explore harmonious and contrasting colour combinations.

Fascinated by intuitive colour choice from his days at Goldsmiths, Hirst claims that the Spots paintings have removed any problems he previously had with colour, allowing him to present a perfect arrangement of colour that is never repeated. Hirst in 2000 remarked on the impact of an installation of multiple spot paintings, “it’s an assault on your senses. They grab hold of you and give you a good shaking. As adults, we’re not used to it. It’s an amazing fact that all objects leap beyond their own dimension.”

  • Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.

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